Got cold at the very tail end of the last storm cycle. MLK day brought bulebirds and upper mountain opening which was holding a foot, but being the low price tear maggot I am, my pass was not good until 2pm. Ironically the 2 best days this year so far have been on Holidays, the last was New Years and typically I have no interest in the madness. That said MLK can be one of the chiller holidays and buddy said it was pretty mellow. I think the crazy high day ticket rates are starting to regulate the crowds making it more favorable for the full pass crowd.
Anyways was banking on a little system that came through early week for the midlife midweek shredios. Didn't really produce, but we were hoping upper mtn would be buffed out and holding the goods. Traversed right behind patrol and got into our bowl of choice right when he popped the gate opened, but warned us it was not what we were hoping for. Still launched in off the cornice, tried to grab indy but only got behind back foot, what is that even called? Old man sh!t I guess. Landing was soft, but not deep and lost it. Also felt it later in the day. Rest of the bowl was weird wind packed and sheard with a soft turn here and there. Ended up mining some lines we haven't hit yet in the lower canyon. Was kinda variable with about 4"-5" on top of crust or soft, pic below was a nice soft pocket we found. Kind of a cobbled together semi pow day, but good to get in the zones, see what snow bridges were set. Looks high and dry for the rest of the month. And damn if Tahoe did not look EPIC this past week. Season of a decade. Hope you guys down there been scoring.
Anyways was banking on a little system that came through early week for the midlife midweek shredios. Didn't really produce, but we were hoping upper mtn would be buffed out and holding the goods. Traversed right behind patrol and got into our bowl of choice right when he popped the gate opened, but warned us it was not what we were hoping for. Still launched in off the cornice, tried to grab indy but only got behind back foot, what is that even called? Old man sh!t I guess. Landing was soft, but not deep and lost it. Also felt it later in the day. Rest of the bowl was weird wind packed and sheard with a soft turn here and there. Ended up mining some lines we haven't hit yet in the lower canyon. Was kinda variable with about 4"-5" on top of crust or soft, pic below was a nice soft pocket we found. Kind of a cobbled together semi pow day, but good to get in the zones, see what snow bridges were set. Looks high and dry for the rest of the month. And damn if Tahoe did not look EPIC this past week. Season of a decade. Hope you guys down there been scoring.
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